Gothenburg highlights 2006

12:01AM BST 06 Aug 2006

Tomorrow

10.10am Heptathlon startsKelly Sotherton is probably Britain's best female hope of a medal but to win gold she will have to overcome Carolina Kluft. Kluft, the World and Olympic champion, has the backing of her home crowd and is clear favourite for gold but Sotherton, who won bronze at the Athens Olympics and gold at the Commonwealth Games earlier this year, says she has recovered from her back injury and is determined to revel in the limelight that the heptathlon will offer her.

6.45 pm Men's Shot PutCarl Myerscough throws for GB

Tuesday

7.40pm Men's 100m finalFour years ago in Munich Britain's Dwain Chambers won gold and Portugal's Francis Obikwelu finished with silver. The two go head to head again with Obikwelu now the holder of the title following Chambers' drugs suspension.8.20pm Men's 10,000m

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Wednesday

7.20pm Men's 1500mFrance's Mehdi Baala seeks to become the first man since Steve Cram to retain the title.

8.10pm Women's 400m hurdlesGreece's Fani Halkia is favourite but Britain's Tasha Danvers-Smith has beaten all the other front-runners and must fancy her chances. It may still be too soon for Britain's other runner, Lee McConnell, but she is getting stronger with every race.

8.45pm Men's 200mObikwelu is favourite to win the sprint double for the first time since 1978. Marlon Devonish and Rikki Fifton represent GB following Christian Malcom's withdrawal through injury.

Friday

7.50pm Women's 100m HurdlesCould be one to bring the house down as home town favourite Susanna Kallur is clear favourite. She may not have the same celebrity status as Kluft yet but come Friday night all that could change.

8.15pm Men's DecathlonDean Macey rides again.

8.45pm Women's 200m final

Saturday

12.10pm Women's marathonNo Paula Radcliffe, no comment...

3.50pm Men's Triple JumpPhilips Idowu finally won a medal that mattered at the Commonwealth Games but now wants to kick on and claim European gold too.

5.15pm Women's 5000mJo Pavey's competition for gold is Norway's Susanne Wigene who has run seven seconds faster than her this season.

5.40pm Men's 110m HurdlesColin Jackson, who won this event four successive times, will watch from the sidelines for the BBC as Frenchman Ladji Doucoure aims for his crown.

Sunday

12.10pm Men's Marathon

2.35pm Women's JavelinGoldie Sayers throws

2.50pm Women's 4x100mBritain should make the final but Russia are firm favourites.

3.10pm Men's 800m final

3.35pm Men's 4x100m finalGB are the Olympic champions but now without Jason Gardener or Christian Malcolm and with Darren Campbell now in the twilight of his career, the challenge may not be so strong. Again, expect France, the world champions of 2005, to rule supreme.

4.15pm Women's 4x400mBritain won bronze at last summer's world championships but will struggle to emulate that performance.